Friday, 10 January 2014

Tickled pink

6 x 6
oil on board
$50.00
Well this is it…a pink cat.  I chose every colour of pink and red paint that I have, I used some more than others but they are all in there somewhere. So much fun…pink, pink, pink. 

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Green with envy

6 x 6
oil on board
$50.00

Another version of the previous kitty portrait I did.  I am playing with colour so I decided to paint the same cat again using a completely different colour palette…stay tuned for what colour the next cat  will be.

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

I'm so blue

6 x 6
oil on board
SOLD

This is  the cat that was hanging over Deb's shoulder in a previous painting.   I enlarged the picture and used different colours to experiment.

I have always admired  those artists that use just a few colours on their palette and then mix the magic.  I have finally come to accept the fact that is just not me.  I work quickly so mixing colours just takes a little too much time for me.
I will often start out with just a few colours on my palette  and it doesn't take long before I am digging through my paint box and adding more.

Monday, 6 January 2014

Dog day afternoon

6 x 6
oil on board
$50.00

This old gal was lying on the sidewalk outside of the art gallery in my town, it was a warm summer night and she just needed a rest.  We stepped outside to get some fresh air and there she was in her glory enjoying all the attention from passers by.






Sunday, 5 January 2014

The perch

6 x 6
oil on board
SOLD


My friend Deb held this beauty so I could get some pictures, after the photo shoot he was perfectly content to just stay there.  I found this painting tricky, normally I would just enlarge the face to cover a good portion of the canvas and paint that.   On this one I decided to put the person in too so for me the challenge is painting that small…I think there are about 1000 strokes in this painting.

Saturday, 4 January 2014

Handsome

6 x 6
oil on board
$50.00
                                    SOLD                                      
I got the photo of this cat from a friend of mine, I liked the expression on his face…very handsome too.